National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard; List of Bioengineered Foods

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 66 [Doc. No. AMS-FTPP-20-0057] RIN 0581-AD95 ( printed page 83305) ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This final rule updates the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard's (the Standard) List of Bioengineered (BE) Foods (the List) by adding “sugarcane (Bt insect-resistant varieties)” to the List and amending “squash (summer)” to “squash (summer, coat protein-mediated virus-resistant varieties).” In updating the List, this final rule provides consumers with information regarding foods that may be BE and aids regulated entities in determining whether they need to make a BE disclosure. DATES: Effective Date: This rule is effective December 29, 2023. Compliance Date: June 23, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth Becker, Research and Rulemaking Branch Chief, Food Disclosure and Labeling Division, Fair Trade Practices Program, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Telephone (202) 720-4486, Email: kenneth.becker@usda.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background On July 29, 2016, Public Law 114-216 amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 ( 7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq. ) (amended Act) to require USDA to establish a national, mandatory standard for disclosing any food that is or may be BE. USDA published a final rule (2018 BE final rule) promulgating the regulations ( 7 CFR part 66 ) to implement the Standard on December 21, 2018 ( 83 FR 65814 …